Transmission Line Equations

Impedance transformations

If a load of complex impedance Zload is connected to the end of a transmission
line of characteristic impedance Z0 (which may be complex), the impedance at
the other end of the line is Zin, calculated by the following equation:

Some references on transmission line properties

tleqn.htm - Revised 21 September 1999, Jim Lux
revised 24 Jan 2003 - fixed error in the next to last equation (thanks to David
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